wince
/wɪns/
US pronunciation
American sound/wɪns/
wince
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> wince
Myanmar meaning
ဝေဒနာ ၊ ဒုက္ခကို ဖော်ပြသည့် မျက်နှာတုန့်ရှုံ့မှု။ မျက်နှာရှုံ့ပြသည်။
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- ‘Seria dropped to all fours and winced as pain cut through her palms like a sharp knife.’
- ‘She winced in pain as he kicked her again, this time harder, and then again even harder.’
- ‘Dr. Kline noticed the anxious girl wince in sudden pain and immediately stepped closer to Leanne.’
- ‘She tried to stand, but she winced in pain and clutched her side before slumping back onto the chair.’
- ‘He lightly touched the burn along his ribcage and winced, drawing a sharp intake of breath.’
- ‘I winced, half in pain, half because I knew what was coming and half because of all the chewing gum stuck to me.’
- ‘He then answers his own question with a vicious sideways slash that drops the bloody-nosed gumshoe to the ground while the entire audience winces in sympathetic pain.’
- ‘Mike was now copying our dad's voice, which made me wince with emotional pain.’
- ‘I fell backward onto the bed and winced as the pain shot up my torso from my injured leg.’
- ‘I now wince with pain if I have to use another atlas; browsing this one is bliss.’
- ‘I winced in pain, so distracted by his intensity that I was deaf to the clunking of boots on the concrete floor.’
- ‘Emily said and did nothing but wince slightly in pain.’
- ‘Flora winced in pain as she watched blood trickle down from the wound.’
- ‘She turned to look at him, and he winced to see a slight glistening in her green eyes.’
- ‘He blinked at her quizzically a few times, and then looked back at his wound, and winced in pain.’
- ‘As soon as his left shoulder blade touched the door, he winced in pain.’
- ‘He glanced sideways at Niall and Luke, and winced to see them writhing in pain from the fumes.’
- ‘She winced in pain from the stitches in her shoulder when she reached down to the floor.’
- ‘He twitched his head, and winced as a pain shot along the left side of his face.’
- ‘She winced, but refused to let them see her pain so she bit her lip and held her chin high.’
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